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MOLNIYA 1-78
Decayed
Payload
LEO
A catalogued spacecraft payload.
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Launch
Launch date
August 10, 1990 at 08:18 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Molniya-M 2BL →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Molniya-1T 78
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
421 km
Periapsis
85 km
Inclination
61.35°
Orbital period
89.56 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
1990-071A
NORAD catalog №
20742
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
17.496 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
July 6, 2007
End of mission
Last active / ended
July 6, 2007
Time in service
16.9 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed